Is this so we don't get any ideas? Turn Robin Hood into the bad guy. No, everyone, it's bad to steal from the rich, oooh, look at this boogeyman to deter you! (Lol)
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Won't someone think of the ~~Billionaires~~ Monarchs?
I've done a fair amount of research into old 'Binhead. He really was no hero a lot of the time. There is also no consistent plot in the ~700 years we've been writing stories about him. This one, Men in Tights, and Disney's Foxy Fox version are all as accurate as the extremely pious catholic Gest of Robyn Hode and the extemely mercurial, murder hobo in Robin Hood and the Monk, where he just kills random passers-by for fun.
Absolutely, I wasn't really putting forward commentary on "his" legitimacy or truth in retelling, I was more focusing on the fact that big corporations (that, as a sweeping generalisation are behind most of the world's atrocities, currently) are trying to simultaneously give us bread and circuses to distract us, and take away our bread and circuses. Have you heard of the licensed critic? It's when the "state" (usually the state responsible for whatever is happening) sanctions a "critic" to perform criticism of the current status quo that people are unhappy with, but within their boundaries and that criticism usually has no hope folded in to the end, to give the people a message to not try to rise up. Luigi, for instance, seems like a bit of a Robin hood (by legend, not the actual tale) they then make a "actually Robin Hood was the bad guy" movie. (I don't debate it's historical legitimacy) more that it seems like a very obvious "don't get any ideas" by the powers that are currently trying to oppress us.
Holy hell, they just wont stop making Robin Hood movies.
My favorite was when they tried to do a D-Day landing, but in the Robin Hood world (Robin Hood, 2010):
That is the Ridley Scott version. It was terrible but had a great cast.
You can say that about a lot of Ridley scott movies.
And I do. In fact I say that about the majority of Scott’s movies.
Robinhoodalypto
Well you’ve got to really. The real story of robbing the poor to line the pockets of the rich doesn’t have the same ring to it.
Real story? He's a fictional character.
I’m pretty sure they’re saying that this fictional story about a fictional character is necessary be because the true story would be about Bezos and people would hate it.
He’s a character from folklore which is a bit different. He isn’t owned by any one author. He may be based on historical people with certain details embellished or altered, and then more fictional stories added on over time.
His stories do include references to real historical people and events, such as the kings Richard I and John. The 1938 film (starring Errol Flynn) weaves these two into a story about Robin Hood leading a peasant revolt against John, tapping into Anglo-Saxon identity as a form of English nationalism.
He's a fictional character.
Sorta? He's a folk legend, which are often based in reality but highly exaggerated (more and more over time). So mostly yes, but probably at least partially no
He's nearly as real as Jesus
Hehe yeah.
The Disney Robin Hood movie fucking rips. Everything afterwards sucks.
Men In Tights was good for it's time!
Prince of Thieves with Kevin Costner was also good.
The best Robin Hood film is the one from 1938 starring Errol Flynn. That movie is a masterpiece!
Man Alan Rickman and Michael Wincott playing off each other was just incredible!
Wincott
Why a spoon cousin? Why not an axe or a sword?
Rickman
Because it will hurt more you idiot!
Yes! Alan Rickman was a true scene stealer in everything he did. I really miss him! RIP
My favorite Robin Hood!
Hell yeah. Good call.
Based foxboy.
Logan. Les Miserables. Death of Robin Hood.
Spoilers
The Prestiege
Is Hugh Jackman the new Sean Bean of dying on screen?
So, if I remember right, he comes back from the crusades with some sort of disease. Does some bloodletting which doesn't help much. Then shoots an arrow a pretty long way for a dying guy.
Kind of a downer part of the story for a movie.
Wasn't that Robin and Marion, the Dean Connery movie?
That was the book by Howard Pyle back in 1883
Does Dean rhyme Don or Sean?
Seen Keenery
The D is silent like in Django.
Wouldn't he have used a longbow?